Hi all,
This is rather offtopic(!), but since I'll be deploying OpenBSD for this
project I thought I'd ask for advice from people that use the same system.
A freshly installed 4.2 mailserver (currently Postfix) needs to be
deployed as an outgoing only e-mail marketing machine. Incoming mail is
limited to appointed parties only.
Basically what needs to happen is that anyone within the organisation I
work for can send an e-mail (w. attachment(s)) to the system and it will
distribute it to a list of recipients.
These recipient lists are different every time - they are coming from
the local branch' sales division and are based on the criteria for the day.
They send out about a 5000 to 10000 mails in total weekly this way.
Right now each branch uses Outlook and just BCC which clogs the office
mailserver (windows) and internet connection.
Which is why we want to centralize it for all the branches and make it
lightweight (ie. single outgoing mail that is distributed through an
external server)
The scenario's I'd thought of so far are rather basic;
1) Let them add an extra attachment called 'recipientlist.txt', parse
that and forward the mail to anyone in the list.
2) Queue the e-mail and go the "web GUI / upload" way for the list.
3) Some form of existing system ( I don't know of any)
I have tried webbased e-mail marketing systems but they are too tedious.
HTML is scary to them and WYSIWYG just never works(tm).
These people just want to create the e-mail out with their Outlook
software, mail it out and I take care of the rest.
For security I will be using a unique e-mail address per department and
limit incoming access to the box by IP address.
I figure that would be good enough but I am not entirely sure.
Is there anyone that has done something similar? Or does anyone has some
advice on how to tackle this?
I've build a couple of 'regular' mailservers on OpenBSD but never build
something like this, so I am grateful for any advise / pointers.
Thank you!
Matt
